Cruentus
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arnisandyz said:The post I made earlier about a tabak bolo for chopping vs a tusok bolo for killing pigs, etc.
Would it not also be an assumtion that these tools already existed for performing various tasks and when the time came for someone to choose a tool for combat they picked the one that was better at killing? I'm not trying to prove you wrong, only stating that we really don't know what came first, the tool or the designer.
Right...but what makes or breaks the idea of spanish influence on the blade design is the clip point. In most cultures, and even in many tusok bolo's today, a drop point does the job, and in fact does "jobs" better then the clip point. On to the clip point...
It would also be naive to believe that the clip point ONLY existed in combat application as applied to the bolo. Even considering that the clip point IS a combat design, with the Philippines history of warefare with itself and other cultures (including Spain), and if you see the vast array of wild blade shapes both for war and agriculture, could the clip point have been used even by coincidence or accident before the bolo was ever used for war? again, not to prove you wrong, but just another assumtion.
So in the end, my assumtions are just as valid as yours and just as difficult to be proven wrong. WHO KNOWS?
I agree...who knows? And, I am not claiming a superior stance, but I am offering one conclusion. My conclusion, however, has strong evidence to back it up.
Now... I plan to re-look at some of those crazy historicial resources to get actual dates, but the actual clip point dates back to the Spanish Saber in the same manner that the Tanto point dates back to the Katana. So to me, saying that the clip point was created in the PI only coincidentally would be like saying that it is only coincidental that my american Ka-bar knife has a tanto tip, which is the same tip as the Katana.
Now, I admit that this conjecture could be wrong, and it could be coincidental...however, I can't make that assumption without evidence. I have yet to see a PI desinged blade with a clip point that predates the Spanish clip point, or even one that predates Spanish occupation. When I see that evidence, then I can give more credence to another possability.
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